Eric Meyer
Web standards advocate; joined Igalia in February 2021.
Cleveland, OH (USA)
Eric has been working on the Web since 1993 and still finds it deeply compelling as both a new medium for communication and a stunning technical achievement. He lives with his family in Cleveland, Ohio, which is a much nicer city than you’ve probably heard; enjoys a good meal whenever he can; and considers almost every form of music to be worthwhile.
POSTS
Week One
The first week on the job at Igalia was… it was good, y’all. Upon formally joining the Support Team, got myself oriented, built a series of tests-sla
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First Day at Igalia
Today is my first day as a full-time employee at Igalia, where I’ll be doing a whole lot of things I love to do: document and explain web standards at...
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Highlighting Accessible Twitter Content
For my 2020 holiday break, I decided to get more serious about supporting the use of alternative text on Twitter. I try to be rigorous about adding d
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Polite Bash Commands
For years, I’ve had a bash alias that re-runs the previous command via sudo. This is useful in situations where I try to do a thing that requires roo
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Accordion Rows in CSS Grid
figure.standalone img {max-width: 75%;}
Another aspect of the meyerweb redesign I’d like to explore is the way I’m using CSS Grid rows to give myse
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Better Image Optimization by Restricting the Color Index
Let’s talk about image optimization. There are a few images used in meyerweb’s new design, and while I wanted them to be pleasing to the eye, I also
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Pseudo-Randomly Adding Illustrations with CSS
I’ve been incredibly gratified and a bit humbled by the responses to the new design. So first of all, thank you to everyone who shared their reaction
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Hamonshu
I ended my observance of CSS Naked Day 2020 by launching an entirely new design for meyerweb. I’m calling it Hamonshū after the source from which I a
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CSS Naked Day 2020
If you’re here on meyerweb on April 9th, 2020, then you’re seeing the site without the CSS I wrote for its design and layout. Why? It’s CSS Naked D
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